1 NOVEMBER 1873, Page 3

A correspondent of the Telegraph at Vienna, whom we have

noted as well informed, says the German and Austrian Empires have come to an agreement about the fate of Roumania. That semi-independent kingdom is to go on. If Prince Charles, hereditary Hospodar, dies childless, as seems possible, his brother Frederick, Major of Dragoons in the Prussian service, is to succeed him, with consent of both Powers. This is, on the whole, a beneficial resolve, as it bars Russia from a land march south- ward, and bars Turkey from bothering her half-emancipated provinces. The instant the Foreign Minister at Constantinople heard of it, he apologised to the Austrians for a note which had roused Count Andrassy into a fighting mood.